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You sure are in an all-fired hurry! Keep in mind that in the case of the piano you have one more finger on each hand, don’t you?
At just under 5’0″, I would have been delighted with either the Style 12 (I’ve stood next to one) or the Progress (I’ve played one).
Nope. I may talk to mySELF, as in cussing myself out, under appropriate circumstances.
But yes, I do hug my harp. That’s inherent in the nature of both harp and guitar and is probably part of the reason I play them.
Just curious, being as I fit the description of chesty and short-armed: why is stave-backed more appropriate?
Jerusha, CCC: I was a guitarist long before I was a harpist. The kind of blues I like best is Son House, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Leadbelly. All of which are probably better played on 12-string or slide guitar, but what the hey. I may even try blues on banjo, too.
Neither! Just working through a book I got at the WHC in Vancouver. Most folks say you need a pedal harp for blues or jazz. Here’s someone who thinks otherwise.
I had to wait more than 4 years for what I call the Etruscan-Minoan banjo (inlays modeled after archaeological finds), a handmade curly walnut openback, but it was worth it.
Aura Lee (which I’ve also played on bowed psaltery and guitar), Sephardic songs, blues for lever harp.
There’d be more, but I have repotting to do and umpteen variations of “Old Joe Clark” for banjo.
